[cogman10]

Assuming you were looking at the language 2016ish I could see why you'd rule out C#.

That was the same year that MS first released C# core. For cross platform support mono was really the only way to go and it was second class.

MS was just starting to get out of the mindset of putting the universe into the .Net framework and instead offering first class support for a broader 3rd party ecosystem.

How Microsoft operates today with open source software really started roughly around 2016. I could see why you'd be hesitant to trust them then.

[esprehn]

It was 2014, so even earlier than that.